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FRAZIER v. CUPP, WARDEN (1969)

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FRAZIER v. CUPP, WARDEN
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1969
Decided: April 22, 1969
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
William Douglas • Earl Warren

FRAZIER v. CUPP, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1969. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1969.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oregon U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Oregon
  • Citation: 394 U.S. 731
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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